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Walmart Commits to Sourcing $10 Billion of India-Made Goods Each Year by 2027

Stuart Mitchell

Endorsing India’s continuing rise as a global hub of manufacturing, Walmart has announced that it will triple its exports of goods from India to $10 billion each year by 2027. Walmart’s new export commitment is expected to provide a significant boost to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in India, alongside ongoing efforts such as the Flipkart Samarth and Walmart Vriddhi supplier development programs. The expansion in sourcing will include helping develop hundreds of new suppliers in categories such as food, pharmaceuticals, consumables, health & wellness and general merchandise, along…

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Walmart Teams Up with Cruise to Pilot All-Electric Self-Driving Delivery Powered by 100% Renewable Energy

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart’s Tom Ward, SVP of Customer Product, Walmart U.S. has posted a blog telling that Walmart has teamed up with Cruise to pilot All-Electric Self-Driving Delivery Powered by 100% Renewable Energy. The post is below: This year, we’ve had our foot on the accelerator expanding our pickup and delivery services, so customers can get the items they need quickly and safely. In April alone, we launched Express Delivery and have since scaled it to more than 2,800 stores, reaching more than 65% of American households. We may be growing delivery…

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Walmart Sets Goal to Become a Regenerative Company

Stuart Mitchell

Building on more than 15 years of sustainability leadership, Walmart has announced it is doubling down on addressing the growing climate crisis by targeting zero emissions across the company’s global operations by 2040. Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are also committing to help protect, manage or restore at least 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030 to help combat the cascading loss of nature threatening the planet. “We want to play an important role in transforming the world’s supply chains to be regenerative.…

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Walmart and Schneider Electric Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration to Help Suppliers Access Renewable Energy

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart Inc. and Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced a new collaboration that will provide increased access to renewable energy for Walmart’s U.S.-based suppliers, enabling them to lead on climate action. The groundbreaking initiative, called the Gigaton PPA (GPPA) Program, is designed to educate Walmart suppliers about renewable energy purchases and accelerate renewable energy adoption by participating suppliers through aggregate power purchase agreements (PPA). The program directly supports Walmart’s Project Gigaton, which aims to avoid one gigaton (one billion metric tons)…

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Walmart Moves to Source Sustainable Paper

Stuart Mitchell

Chasity Prince, Senior Buyer, Stationery at Walmart has posted to their website about their journey to sustainable paper. you can read the post here. The journey from tree, to pulp, to paper is a long one. It doesn’t happen overnight or without the input of people across the supply chain. And because that journey impacts forests around the world, we aim to have it begin and end with sustainability at its core. At Walmart, we believe a healthy natural world is key to healthy communities. That belief drives our zero…

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